aSSIST (Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies, president Hwy-Chang Moon) is a professional graduate school offering Master & Ph. D degrees in business administration since 2004, after when education programs were succeeded from IPS (the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies) which were originally first launched in 1995. Through these degree programs accompanied with top executive programs, aSSIST aims to foster business professionals capable of generating sustainability.
The First Mover, aSSIST
All MBA students can acquire double degrees from prominent business schools overseas
All students at aSSIST are able to achieve a Master's degree in business administration together with a second degree from a renowned university in Europe or the U.S. Students are able to transfer credits to partner universities through aSSIST's established double degree agreements, as well as choose to earn transferable credits directly from partner schools through local programs offered by partner institutions. As a result, individuals can reduce time spent overseas and at the same time save tuition costs, because the programs are designed to allow the double degrees obtainable within a term of 1.5 years, enabling students to benefit from reducing tuition fee and length of stay in Korea.
We offer global standard of business administration teaching and specialized major in reflection with the change of business trends
aSSIST supports students to develop global level business capability and grow into professional with specific specialized major within the business administration area. The specialized majors include Intellectual property, Sales Innovation, Finance, Industrial Security, Alternative Investment and Big Data and these are areas that function as the integral part of companies or that add higher value to the company in future industry. We also offer short practical courses with high quality curriculum such as Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) course, Industrial Security Professional (ISP) course, aSSIST-KOTRA Global Marketing course.
NO. 1 in educating core talents of companies. 200 companies chose aSSIST as professional organization
‘Company customized education program’ is a 1:1 customized course for companies to meet the needs of each company’s issues and demands. Each company has its industry area and management strategy thus, we provide customized curriculum to enhance corporate culture and core capacity of corporate talents.
Our school has been evaluated as the NO.1 graduate school of business administration for talent education. The companies including LG Electronics, KT, Doosan Infracore, Samshully, Korea Electronic Power Corporation, LIG, Dong-kuk Steel and MG Community Credit Cooperatives are continuously involved in our courses and talents from these companies are more and more participating in our short and long term programs.
Education system for students and by students with the best faculty staff at home and abroad
The classes offered at aSSIST, are carried out as an Open Platform System, meaning that the faculty staff is comprised of the best experts from around the world, inviting the best of the best from various universities and organizations. Our teaching faculty is comprised of both professors and practitioners in the related field, and they aim to teach both theoretical and practical knowledge, delivering balanced education required for today’s talents in business. All lectures are evaluated by students of all programs and courses for maintenance of high quality teaching.
Teaching Philosophy of aSSIST
Learn moreASSIST has a differentiated education philosophy, the ‘Sustainable Management-4T’ means eThics, sTorytelling, Teamwork, and Technology. These are the core values of aSSIST to train ‘professional managers’ who are ethical, creative, team-oriented and able to combine cutting edge technology with management. Especially, the school focuses on ‘ethical management education’ to deliver transparent ethical consciousness, socially responsible and sustainable management awareness.
In 2009, in recognition of our performance, our school was selected as one of the ‘Global Top 100’ evaluated by the Aspen Foundation in US, which is like the Oscar prize in ethical education assessing every business school in the world.
History of aSSIST
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2023
- Oct
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is inked with Jilin Normal University, China.
- Sep
- Honorary doctorate is awarded to Pekka Metso, Ambassador of the Embassy of Finland in Korea.
- Master’s engineering courses open in China.
- Jul
- Honorary doctorate is conferred on Kim Hildebrant, Chairman, Franklin University Switzerland (FUS).
- Jun
- HWY-CHANG MOON is inaugurated as the 10th President.
- May
- MOU is signed with Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), US.
- MOU is finalized with the King Sejong Institute Foundation.
- Apr
- MOU is executed with UNITAR.
- Honorary doctorate is granted to former Deputy Prime Minister Myung Oh.
- Mar
- AI & Convergence Engineering, AI & Arts Management, and AI & Fintech programs are launched.
- Dual PhD program is launched in partnership with Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
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2022
- Dec
- MOU is signed with Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
- Nov
- Establishment of an AI-specialized graduate school is approved.
- MOU is made with Jiangsu University of Technology, China.
- MOU is sealed with the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK).
- Oct
- Honorary doctorate is bestowed onto Ilkka Niemelä, President of Aalto University.
- Sep
- MOU is entered into with People’s Daily Online Korea.
- May
- MOU is finalized with the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA).
- Apr
- MOU is established with 외연양성센터, Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU).
- Mar
- MOU is inked with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.
- MOU is sealed with Tajikistan University of Technology.
- MOU is signed with Tajik National University.
- Jan
- MOU is finalized with International Education Center, Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL), China.
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2021
- Dec
- MOU is entered into with the Korean Professional Engineers Association.
- Jun
- TaeHyun Kim is reappointed as the 9th President.
- May
- MOU is made with the China Advertising Association.
- Mar
- Dual PhD program is launched in partnership with Franklin University Switzerland.
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2020
- Dec
- The Korean Language Institute opens.
- Sep
- Digital Finance EMBA program is launched.
- AI Strategic Management EMBA program is launched.
- MOU is signed with Minerva University, US.
- Doctoral business administration courses open in China.
- Jun
- MOU is sealed with Franklin University Switzerland for a dual MBA degree program.
- MOU is sealed with Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) for short-term training courses.
- Mar
- Industry-academia cooperation accord is signed with KOTRA.
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2019
- Dec
- MOU is finalized with the Korea Coach Association.
- Oct
- Seoul Academy is renamed as Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies (aSSIST).
- Jun
- TaeHyun Kim is reappointed as the 8th President.
- Mar
- AI Crypto MBA program is inaugurated.
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2018
- Dec
- MOU is made with National Economics University (NEU), Vietnam.
- Oct
- MOU is signed with Hebei GEO University, China
- Jul
- MOU is sealed with the University of International Business and Economics, China.
- Jun
- CHO Wan-kyoo is inaugurated as Chairperson of the Seoul Academy board of directors.
- Apr
- Honorary doctorate is accorded to Lee Hee-beom, President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games and Honorary Chairperson of the aSSIST CEO Forum Alumni Association.
- MOU is singed with ExVillage.
- Mar
- Guk-Seop Yoon, Board Chairperson of Seoul Academy, passes away.
- MOU is inked with Xi’an University of Finance and Economics, China.
- Digital Strategic Planning MBA program is introduced.
- Dual PhD program is launched in partnership with Business School Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Feb
- MOU is executed with Business School Lausanne, Switzerland for a Big Data dual degree program.
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2017
- Sep
- MOU is inked with Business School of Lausanne, Switzerland.
- MOU is signed with Brunel University London, UK
- Aug
- Tuula Teeri, Aalto University President, is awarded honorary doctorate.
- Jun
- TaeHyun Kim is inaugurated as the 7th President.
- Mar
- An MBA program is launched in China.
- Feb
- Finland Tower is completed in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.
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2016
- Dec
- MOU is executed with Lanzhou University, China.
- Oct
- Talent development agreement is made with Korea Foreign Company Association (FORCA)
- Doctoral Alumni Association inks an academic cooperation agreement with National Economics University (NEU), Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Jun
- Honorary doctorate is awarded to Matti Heimonen, Ambassador of the Embassy of Finland in Korea.
- MOU is signed with Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.
- Jan
- MOU is signed with ASIS International.
- MOU is signed with the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA).
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2015
- Dec
- Global hedge fund expert training agreement is formalized with ANDA Asset Management for alternative investment training.
- MOU is established with Mingzhong International Education Group, China.
- Aug
- MOU is made with Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), China.
- MOU is signed with the Ministry of National Defense in information and research areas.
- Apr
- MOU is signed with Shandong University, China.
- Mar
- Big Data MBA program is launched.
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2014
- Dec
- Il-Sup Kim is reappointed for a second term as the 6th President.
- Nov
- MOU is signed with Ural State University of Economics (USUE), Russia.
- Jul
- Industry-academia cooperation agreement is inked with the Korean CEO’s Association of. Multinational Corporations (KCMC).
- Jun
- MOU is made with the Korea Financial Planner Association for development of specialized financial education programs.
- Mar
- aSSIST receives the KRIVET* President Award, a special award in the education category of the 2014 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
*KRIVET: Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training - Feb
- Vision making workshop is held to mark the 10th anniversary of aSSIST University.
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2013
- Oct
- Dual degree program by aSSIST and Aalto University, Finland, is ranked 85th in the 2013 Global E-MBA list by The Financial Times of the UK.
- Jun
- MOU is signed with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, US.
- May
- aSSIST Forum is launched.
- Mar
- aSSIST University receives the HRDK* Chairperson Award in the educational institution category of the 2013 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
* HRDK: Human Resources Development Service of Korea - K-WAY Management 3.0 CEO Course is launched.
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2012
- Dec
- Il-Sup Kim is inaugurated as the 5th President.
- Oct
- Korea’s first-ever MBA focused on sales innovation is instituted.
- May
- aSSIST University participates in the 7th Jeju Forum, a comprehensive international platform.
- Mar
- aSSIST University receives Grand Prize in the educational institution category of the 2012 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
- MOU is executed with Macromedia University for Media and Communication, Germany
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2011
- Sep
- Nam Sik LEE is inaugurated as the 4th President
- Aug
- MOU is made with the Korea University School of Cybersecurity (SCS) for IS-MBA (Industrial Security MBA)
- July
- Honorary doctorate is conferred upon Yoon-Shik Park, professor at George Washington University.
- May
- aSSIST and the Jeju Peace Institute (JPI) co-organize the 6th Jeju Forum, a comprehensive international platform.
- Mar
- MOU is made with China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).
- Jan
- Book Fun and Easy Ethical Management 2 is published.
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2010
- Oct
- Sustainable growth agreement is inked with the Jeju Peace Institute (JPI)
- Sep
- MOU is signed with the School of Economics and Management of the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS)
- August
- Industry-academia cooperation group is launched.
- Jul
- MOU is finalized with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry to open a contracting department.
- Dual degree agreement is established with the State University of New York.
- Jun
- Dual degree agreement is established with Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics), Finland.
- aSSIST CEO Forum is launched.
- May
- Hwa Soon Hong takes office as Vice President and Acting President
- aSSIST’s industrial security professional (ISP) program is registered as a private certifier.
- Apr
- 4Ts-oriented CEO course on green growth is introduced.
- Mar
- 4Ts-oriented course for next-generation leaders is launched.
- Feb
- aSSIST University receives Grand Prize in the education institution category of the 2010 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
- Jan
- aSSIST University is designated as a green growth educational institution by the Presidential Committee on Green Growth.
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2009
- Oct
- aSSIST University is ranked in ASPEN’S GLOBAL 100: Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2009-2010 in the category of ethical management and corporate social responsibility education.
- Sep
- Graduate School of Leisure Management at aSSIST is inaugurated.
- Industrial security professional (ISP) course is introduced.
- Jun
- Book Fun and Easy Ethical Management is published.
- Apr
- Honorary doctorate is awarded to Chan Ki Hahn, professor at Bowling Green State University.
- Mar
- Eun-Key Yoon is reappointed as the 3rd President.
- Honorary doctorate is awarded to Yacov Shamash, Vice President for Economic Development, the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
- IS-MBA (Industrial Security MBA) course is launched.
- Feb
- Honorary doctorate is conferred upon Moon Kyu-young, Chairman of Aju Group.
- Jan
- Dual degree agreement is made with George Mason University, US.
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2008
- Nov
- MOU for an industrial security MBA program is established with the National Industrial Security Center (NISC) under the National Intelligence Service (NIS).
- May
- Climate Change Leadership course is launched.
- Feb
- Honorary doctorates are conferred upon Eero Kasanen, Rector of the Helsinki School of Economics, and upon Man-deuk Lee, Chairperson of Samchully.
- aSSIST personnel volunteer to help clean up the oil spill off the Taean Peninsula.
- Jan
- Executive MBA program of Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics) attains Triple Crown status by acquiring EQUIS in addition to the AACSB and AMBA accreditations that it has already achieved.
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2007
- Mar
- Eun-Key Yoon is inaugurated as the 2nd President.
- Jan
- Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics) is accredited by the Association of Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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2006
- Feb
- Exchange agreement is made with Colorado State University, US.
- Exchange agreement is inked with Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China.
- Honorary doctorates are conferred upon Veikko Jaaskelainen, President of Helsinki School of Economics, and upon Suk-geum Yun, Chairman of Woongjin Group.
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2005
- Sep
- Ph.D. program in business administration is instituted.
- 4Ts-oriented CEO course for sustainable management is launched.
- Exchange agreement is inked with Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan.
- Apr
- Students exchange with Zhejiang University, China is initiated
- Mar
- Financial Engineering MBA course is launched.
- Approval is granted for the operation of an affiliated lifelong education center.
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2004
- Dec
- Exchange agreement is signed with the University of Akron, US.
- Exchange agreement is signed with EDHEC Business School, France.
- aSSIST is recognized as the best MBA program in Korea in the 2004 Financial News Top Pride Rankings.
- Nov
- Exchange agreement is made with National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan.
- Mar
- Global Leadership (business leadership) MBA program is introduced.
- Jan
- Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics), Finland achieves AMBA (Association of MBAs) accreditation.
- Education programs of the education division of the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS) are transferred to aSSIST University.
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2003
- Dec
- David N. Smith takes office as the inaugural President.
- Nov
- Establishment approval is granted for the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies
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2002
- Apr
- Seoul Academy is founded
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1999
- Jan
- Collaborative MS-TM program is launched in partnership with the State University of New York at Stony Brook
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1995
- Jan
- Joint MBA program is launched in partnership with Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics), Finland